Marmayogi: Shooting starts October

Kamal Haasan's magnum opus Marmayogi is all set to start shooting shortly. The big budget film is expected to cost over 120 crore, reportedly the most expensive Indian movie so far. Yester years dream girl, Hema Malini has already been signed up for the film. She had graced the audio release function of Kamal Haasan’sDasavathaaram, also spelt Dasavatharam, a while back.
Trisha had already committed herself for the film with bulk dates of about 200 days, which means that she will not be able to shoot for any other movie during that time. Though this meant turning down several plum offers in Telugu and Tamil, she jumped at the chance to work with Kamal Haasan and to get the role of a life time with the great actor.
Working with Kamal is so prestigious that leading heroine Shriya Saran has agreed to play the second heroine in Marmayogi as well. Pyramid Saimira and Kamal Haasan's Raj Kamal films will be producing this magnum opus to be directed by the maestro Kamal himself. Previously, Kamal Haasan had directed Hey Raam and Virumandi, both critically and commercially acclaimed masterpieces. The movie will reportedly be made in four languages: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.
The shooting is all set to kick off in Sweden in October.


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Kamal Haasan's Marmayogi gets the green light

Dispelling all the speculations that are going around, Pyramid Saimira and Kamal Haasan have come out with their statements that Kamal's next venture Marmayogi will jointly be produced by M/s Pyramid Saimira International Ltd and M/s Rajkamal International Ltd.

According to Pyramid Saimira group, Marmayogi will be a trilingual, to be made in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. The group also has plans to produce the film in English as well.

Marmayogi based on Kamal Haasan's story will be directed by the actor himself. He will also play the lead role in the film.

As the film is to be made in "mega-size, the decisions of lead artists, technicians and other key people will be taken jointly with utmost care and conisderation," a Pyramid Saimira release said.

A formal agreement has been signed between the parties and a detailed planning for the project is going on at frantic phase. "The project will be a landmark one in technical as well as cinematic qulaities and will try to project Indian cinema internationally in the best possible manner," the release said.

"This is a high-cost, high value project and we would not like to specify the exact cost of the project at this point," the group added.

According to Kamal Haasan, "we will launch the multi-lingual, mutli-dollar magnum opus very soon."

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Marmayogi postponed!

The latest news from the stable of Marmayogi suggests postponement! No, not the film, but the inaugural pooja. The inaugural pooja of Kamal Haasan's Marmayogi, which was earlier scheduled to be held on July 13, 2008, has now been postponed to July 25, 2008. It is rumored in Kollywood that Pyramid Saimira expressed its inability to conduct the inaugural pooja, as they would be distributing the film worldwide. But Kamal insisted on a grand function and managed to organize one himself. Incidentally, Marmayogi, a joint venture between Kamal's Rajkamal Films and Pyramid Saimira, is produced on a first copy basis by Kamal. Marmayogi, touted to be a mega budget film, will be shot in various important cities across the world.

Courtesy: behindwoods.com